Fire on ghost ship off Cork coast 'substantially extinguished'

Cork County Fire Service was called out to the scene near Ballycotton, East Cork, this afternoon

Two units of Cork County Council's Fire Service are currently in attendance at the scene of a fire on board the shipwrecked MV Alta near Ballycotton, Co. Cork.

Fire crews will on Friday resume their attempts to put out a blaze onboard a so-called ghost ship on the Cork coast.

A Cork County Council spokesperson said firefighting operations ended around 9pm on Thursday night "due to the rising tide and poor light".